LE

ADC

I am cut up. The thought of him in prison, some Bubba's bitch, is just........ brilliant!

All complaints to be sent to /dev/null

It came off in me hand chief!

If I had wanted to burn, collect sand in everything I own, overheat, run around, shoot things with something less than 4.5inch caliber, wear green/sand coloured baggy outfits, live more than 16m above Sea Level I would have joined the Army.

War Hero

LE

"I firmly believe that we should not march into Baghdad. To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us and make a broken tyrant into a latter-day Arab hero. Assigning young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerrilla war." George Bush Snr, A World Transformed, 1998

LE

This makes me ponder a possible power-struggle inside the Zanu-PF party and who is actually in charge at the top, moreover who the lower-level officials are listening to.

The Telegraph makes the point that van Hoogstraten is "a vocal supporter Zimbabwes president, Robert Mugabe", which one would assume would grant him immunity from pretty much anything, yet only a few days ago the BBC were reporting:

A leading figure inside the ruling Zanu-PF party in Zimbabwe is planning to mount a challenge to the leadership of Robert Mugabe, the BBC can confirm.

Simba Makoni was once finance minister under Mr Mugabe but now looks set to run against him in national elections expected in March.

Mr Makoni is seen as a moderate within Zanu-PF but the party has already said Mr Mugabe will be its candidate.

Our correspondent reports that there is growing opposition to Mr Mugabe from within the ranks of his own party.

LE

We get the BBC's Hardtalk Program on the World service TV.
The 'Debates ' can get quite hot under the collar on occasions.
However there is normally a shake of hands at the end.
When Tim Sebastian interviewed Hogansawhatever I have never seen a more nasty interview, they where all but up to punching each other.
john

LE

Yeah, terrible shame. I hope the cnut gets an arrse-injected disease whilst being 'serviced' by one of his fellow 'tenants'.

Adam Smith - 1776 said:

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.